Twelve tales of wonder and horror, adventure and mystery from a master storyteller —

Well, hello there.

I was waiting for you. So long. So, so long. So many days of wandering alone, so many nights huddled and scared. And all the time, scratching, scratching, scratching at my paper with my little black pen. All the time waiting for you to come and read.

—from the introduction

A collection of short fiction by Jen Frankel

From a tiny village hidden by magic from war to a strange forest with no end, from a young woman questing for a book that doesn’t exist to a homemade Tarot deck that, in the wrong hands, warps the very fabric of reality.

These are not destinations for the faint of heart, but don’t worry. Come in, friends: how could shadows hurt you?